After 72 years the Riverdale gang will be appearing in a live-action feature film scripted by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (The Town that Dreaded Sundown), directed by Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect), and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures.
"We are thrilled to be working with Warner Bros. on this project and have complete faith in their ability to bring Archie to the big screen in a way the fans will love," said Archie Comics Publisher/Co-CEO Jon Goldwater. "Having Roberto write and Jason direct is Archie's 'Dream Team.' Also, without Dan [Lin], Roy [Lee], Krish [Menon], and Jon [Goldwater], we could not have made this happen."
The story will be a high school comedy which takes inspiration from the source material along with the cinematic works of writer-director John Hughes (The Breakfast Club). "Jason [Moore] and I have been friends for a long time, and this is a complete passion project for everyone involved," stated Aguirre-Sacasa who is penning the forthcoming zombie series Afterlife With Archie and wrote Archie Meets Glee. "Archie is the ultimate teenager and this movie will be the ultimate teenage movie-in the grand tradition of Sixteen Candles [1984] and Ferris Bueller's Day Off [1986]. We are so grateful to Jon [Goldwater] for inviting us to this dance.”